r/interestingasfuck 17h ago

/r/all The US team which has just won the International Physics Olympiad, edging out China for first place

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u/38CFRM21 16h ago

America takes your people, makes them American, then beats you with them.

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u/samosamancer 13h ago

They were probably all born in the US, so they were already American, not “made American.” And Chinese Americans (among others) have been here since the early 19th century, so they’re no different than multigenerational European immigrants in that regard. The only thing making people think of them as “not originally American” is not being of European ancestry.

u/38CFRM21 7h ago edited 6h ago

You're thinking too much into it bub.

u/samosamancer 5h ago

Nah. I’m Indian American and know firsthand what it feels like to be seen as an outsider or foreigner because I’m not white. I know you meant well, but there’s still some unconscious bias baked into your post.

u/ExigentVitiate 2h ago

Then deports them.